Affirm Posts a Beat and Raise as Volumes Surge. The Stock is Sliding Anyway.

Affirm Holdings delivered a strong showing in its fiscal third quarter, hiking its full-year outlook amid a surge in transaction volume and revenue that was bolstered by an expanding customer base. Gross merchandise volume (GMV) surged 35% to $11.6 billion, marking what CEO Max Levchin referred to as Affirm’s “tenth consecutive quarter of over-30% growth” in a letter to shareholders. The metric represents the total dollar value of all transactions processed on Affirm’s platform within a specific period, adjusted for any refunds, and serves as an indicator of total sales volume rather than revenue earned.